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Richard Devereux (other)
Richard Devereux may refer to: * Richard Devereux (cricketer), English cricketer * Richard Devereux (died 1547) Sir Richard Devereux was a rising political figure during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI when his career was cut short by his sudden death during the life of his father. His son would complete the family's ascendency when he was created ..., political figure during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI * Richard Joseph Devereux (1829–1883), Irish politician See also * Richard Devereaux, politician and official in Newfoundland * Richard T. Devereaux, US Air Force general {{hndis, Devereux, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Devereux (cricketer)
Richard Jaynes Devereux (born 26 December 1938) is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire in 1963. Devereux had played for the Worcestershire Second XI since 1959, but his first-class debut had to wait until May 1963, when he was selected to face Middlesex at Lord's. He top-scored with 22 not out from number eight in Worcestershire's painful first-innings progress to 79 all out in 55.4 overs, then took 0/49 with the ball; the game was drawn. He stayed in the side until the middle of June, playing along the way in his only List A game, a Gillette Cup quarter-final in which he made an important 30 from number nine, and making his only first-class half-century, 55 * against Cambridge University; he also took his best innings figures of 3/44 in that game. but then a paucity of wickets forced him back to the seconds. There, he still found it hard at first to take wickets, though he did score a couple of fifties. However, in July De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Devereux (died 1547)
Sir Richard Devereux was a rising political figure during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI when his career was cut short by his sudden death during the life of his father. His son would complete the family's ascendency when he was created Earl of Essex. Family He was born by 1513, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and Mary Grey (1491-22 February 1538).Egerton Brydges. ''Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical in 9 Volumes''. (London: Rivington, 1812). Volume 1, Page 6 & 7 His paternal grandparents were John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Cecily Bourchier. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and his second wife Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville. Career Richard Devereux lived in Carmarthen, Wales where he was Bailiff from 1534 to 1535, and Mayor in 1536 to 1537.P.S. Edwards. "Devereux, Richard (by 1513–47), of Carmarthen, Carm. And Lamphey, ,Pemb.'' The History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Joseph Devereux
Richard Joseph Devereux (1829–1883) was an Irish Liberal politician. Devereux was elected MP as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... (MP) for Wexford Borough—a seat his brother John Thomas Devereux held between 1847 and 1859—in the 1865 general election and held the seat until he resigned in 1872. References External links * 1829 births 1883 deaths UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Irish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922) {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Devereaux
Richard J. Devereaux (1864 – October 4, 1920) was a politician and official in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1909 to 1919. He was born in Trepassey and was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College. Devereaux graduated in 1881 and joined the Bonavista fish export firm of J. and D. Ryan as an accountant. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1908 before being elected the following year. Devereaux was reelected in 1913. In 1910, he was named a justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa .... By 1911, he had been named a commissioner for the Newfoundland Agricultural Board, resigning that post when he was named Controller of Liquor in 1917. He married a Miss Domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |